CFP: The Fusion GPS-Steele dossier was, in its embryo stage, conceived by those who run a conservative Republican website headquartered in the Swamp. No one disputes that.
A more definitive description of the news outlet might be: GOP Establishment-aligned.
On October 27, 2017, Matthew Continetti and Michael Goldfarb, respectively Editor-in-Chief and Chair of the Washington Free Beacon (WFB), posted this statement on their website:
“Since its launch in February of 2012, the Washington Free Beacon has retained third party firms to conduct research on many individuals and institutions of interest to us and our readers. In that capacity, during the 2016 election cycle we retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary, just as we retained other firms to assist in our research into Hillary Clinton. All of the work that Fusion GPS provided to the Free Beacon was based on public sources, and none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier. The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele. Nor did we have any knowledge of the relationship between Fusion GPS and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie, and the Clinton campaign.”
The WFB, originally part of the Center for American Freedom (CAF), is now owned by…well, we don’t exactly know.
William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard and a hardcore NeverTrumpster, was on the original CAF Board. Continetti and Goldfarb both once worked for the Weekly Standard. Oh, Continetti is married to Kristol’s daughter.
The conservative billionaire Paul Singer, also a prominent NeverTrumpster, is a recognized financial contributor to the WFB. Breitbart’s Big Journalism reported that, “The Washington Free Beacon, funded by GOP mega-donor Paul Singer, was the original funder of Fusion GPS’ research project that attempted to dig up dirt on then-candidate Donald Trump — a project that would later be funded by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign.”
It’s reasonable to assume that the WFB was not a major distributor for Trump’s MAGA campaign caps. And, there’s no elaboration, in their statement above, about hiring Fusion GPS to provide “research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary.” What other GOP primary candidates did they target for oppo research? Suppose Jeb Bush was one? more here
Wasn’t on behalf of the Rubio campaign?
It’s astounding how these groups and individuals went after Trump with the hatred driven energy they did.
The real mystery to me is why this same rabid focus was never directed toward Obama, especially with all that was known about him.
Because RACISM.
It was planned out over 700 years ago
thats why Grinder-of-the Organ.
You mean Nostrildamus (Henry Waxman) predicted it??
Who put out the infidelity smear on Ted Cruz which they tried to blame on Trump? Still don’t know, after all this time.
Maybe this was all discussed at the dinner table when homosexual child rapists Bill Kristol and George Will and about 20 other so called conservative Mockingbird whores joined Obama in Georgetown for a private dinner party. I remember the photo well.
Its obviously not hard to blackmail someone who rapes little boys. If your mind is that sick you can be made to do anything.
It would appear that some of our friends are not!
Wow. Politics is a filthy dirty game! Who knew?!
Can we start prosecuting the players that were WAY over the line? Laws used to matter.
If Carter + Clinton are conservative; then WFB is conservative. If Ronnie was a conservative; then WFB IS LEFTIST/LIBERAL.